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14/08/2017

One of the most stunning events in the stargazer's calendar is the annual Perseid meteor shower.

Although it officially starts on July 17, the shower runs through until August 27 and hits its peak in the early part of the month.

When is the best time and best place to look for the perseid meteor shower? All the details of the August spectacle which could deliver up to 80 shooting stars an hour

11/08/2017

3 simple morning activities that can make entrepreneurs more productive

Maybe you answered some emails over coffee or headed to the gym to work out and get caught up on the news. You might have “believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast” à la Alice from Alice in Wonderland and journaled ideas for new products or services you’d like to create next. Or you put on a pair of pants and considered that to be today’s adulting win. But did you do all of the “right” things in order to be the most productive version of you possible?

I’ll admit that this is kind of a trick question. Productivity listicles advise doing a bit of everything from 20 deep squats while brushing your teeth to gradually waking up earlier and earlier to get the most out of your mornings. Does the act of doing more truly make us more productive or does setting up a mindset to view each morning as a race to win before 6 AM actually push us closer to burning out? If you’re ready to wake up and greet the day with focus rather than panic and feel like you’re running behind, I recommend doing these simple activities.

05/08/2017

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has pulled all bloodsports footage from his controversial outdoor TV channel after a massive public backlash.

The 70-year-old asked My Outdoor TV to “remove all content related to those animals in light of public interest”.

My Outdoor TV costs £7.60 a month and its vile shows feature animals including lions and elephants being stalked and shot by professional hunters

01/08/2017

Stop freaking out about Facebook's bots 'inventing' a new language

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made headlines last week when he tweeted about his frustrations that Mark Zuckerberg, ever the optimist, doesn't fully understand the potential danger posed by artificial intelligence.

So when media outlets began breathlessly re-reporting a weeks-old story that Facebook's AI-trained chatbots "invented" their own language, it's not surprising the story caught more attention than it did the first time around.

Understandable, perhaps, but it's exactly the wrong thing to be focusing on. The fact that Facebook's bots "invented" a new way to communicate wasn't even the most shocking part of the research to begin with.

28/07/2017

Swole Jeff Bezos joins Instagram to tease his new rocket factory

The facility is where Blue Origin will soon begin production on its New Glenn rocket, which was first revealed back in March. The video eventually zooms in on the roof, where the buff Amazon mastermind holds a sign that says, "rocket factory coming soon," teasing the factory's commencement of operations.

The post doesn't include any other details about the facility, but we know that the first launch of a New Glenn rocket is planned for 2020. If nothing else, at least we get to see our new favorite action hero rocking his now-infamous shades, like a billionaire Vin Diesel clone.

25/07/2017

The perceived loneliness of the ultra long-distance runner.

Distance running is often looked at as a lonely pursuit, where the closest thing to conversation is the bleeping of a smartwatch. But it doesn’t have to be like this. Having spent the early part of the year training for the Milton Keynes marathon, I was looking for something completely different; something social, relaxed and visually stunning – without a roundabout in sight.

Race to the Stones ticked all these boxes. Starting in the Chilterns, the route heads west along the Ridgeway, believed to be “Britain’s oldest road”, before finishing at Avebury stone circle, the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. Runners can choose to complete the 100km distance in one heroic push, or in two 50km efforts, camping overnight at the halfway point in Wantage.

21/07/2017

England rugby captain Dylan Hartley gets Northampton armband as 'sinning' Saint returns to favour

Dylan Hartley has expressed his shock at being offered the Northampton captaincy - seven months after Saints accused him of letting them down.

The England skipper was given the armband for a second time on the day he announced he had signed a new contract.

Hartley, 31, led England to a world record-equalling 18 straight wins last season and Saints boss Jim Mallinder made a point of saying the ho**er “knows what it takes to win silverware”.

Mallinder added that he felt Hartley is in “the right place both personally and professionally to be our captain once again”.

Yet last December, when the ho**er was sent-off and banned for six weeks, Mallinder said: “Dylan's letting the team down”.

17/07/2017

Alastair Cook can give England the foundation to save Test, says Moeen Ali

Moeen Ali on Sunday night optimistically talked up England’s chances of batting six sessions and escaping from Trent Bridge with at least a draw, provided Alastair Cook can survive the new ball and produce an epic innings that lays the platform for the remainder of the batting order.

With the weather in Nottingham set fair for the last two days, a more realistic target for Joe Root’s side, who resume one for no loss from four overs, would simply be to show they have learned from their 205 all out in the first innings before they can even begin to contemplate the fanciful notion of either saving the second Test or chasing a world-record 474.

14/07/2017

Electric cars to account for all new vehicle sales in Europe by 2035

All new cars sold in Europe will be electric within less than two decades, driven by government support, falling battery costs and economies of scale, a Dutch bank has predicted.

However, ING warned that with battery-powered vehicles accounting for 100% of registrations in 2035 across the continent, European carmakers would lose out to their rivals in the US and Asia who already lead on battery production.

The forecast is much more aggressive than most other projections, such as the UK’s National Grid which on Thursday said it expects 90% of new cars in Britain to be electric by 2050.

10/07/2017

Five questions to determine the success of Manchester United’s season

For £75m (plus £15m add-ons) José Mourinho acquires a proven prolific Premier League goal scorer in the Belgian and throws the gauntlet down to Manchester United’s home-grown starlet: can the 19-year-old Marcus Rashford continue his upward trajectory despite Lukaku starting as the first choice No9? Rashford has played most of his 71 senior appearances as a wide forward yet his natural position is in central attack.

07/07/2017

Uber presses pause on primary taxi service in Finland until 2018

Uber is pulling its primary service out of Finland as it waits for a law that will deregulate the taxi market to be passed.

The cab firm, which exclusively operates in the nation’s capital Helsinki, is suspending its UberPop service, which allows any driver to sign up and offer unlicensed taxi trips.

“We want to ensure that we do not pose drivers who use our app or our employees any unnecessary issues, especially now that we have a bright future to look forward to. We believe that the best way to do so and focus on the future is to pause UberPop and relaunch in the summer of 2018,” said Joel Järvinen, Uber’s country manager for Finland, in a blog post on Thursday.

04/07/2017

Samsung's 'exploding' Note 7 repackaged as Galaxy Note Fan Edition

The troubled Galaxy Note 7 that caught fire causing damage to people, property and Samsung’s reputation, is returning to the market this week as the Galaxy Note Fan Edition.

Samsung says the Note FE has “perfect safety” with a new battery and will cost 700,000 South Korean Won (£470) – approximately two thirds of the original asking price for the Note 7 – when it goes on sale on home turf this Friday.

The Note FE will be made from salvaged parts and will be limited to just 400,000 units initially, with overseas sales plans to be determined later.